Yurii Liebiediev

Oleksandr Moskaliuk, Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional Law at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law:

And one more thing. He was sincere and genuine. In one word, an Atlas, holding this celestial sphere on his mighty hands so that this mad Universe could continue to exist. Such people must remain in our memory forever

Journalist Natasha Mamchur recalled how Yurii helped her and her colleagues while working together at the newspaper:

I worked with Yura many years ago at “Hazeta po-kyivsky.” It seemed to me that he was very calm, balanced, youthful, and shaggy-haired. As our lawyer, Yura always advised us how to choose the right wording in a text – so that we could tell the truth and still avoid legal trouble.

The guys from whom you would never expect heroism turn out to be real men and Heroes. Beards suited them. Such a tragedy

Since his student years, he had been a left-wing activist and actively participated in the activities of a number of organizations: «Liva Initsiatyva», «Zberezhy Staryi Kyiv», the student trade union «Pryama Diia», the trade union «Zakhyst Pratsi», «Sotsialna Alternatyva», «Liva Opozytsiia», and the journal «Spilne»